enum

See also: eñum and ēnum

English

Etymology

Clipping of enumeration, used as a keyword in the C programming language and its descendants.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈinʌm/
• (less common) (General American) IPA^(key): /ɪˈnum/

Noun

enum (plural enums)

1. (programming) An enumeration.
   • 2007, Robert Pickering, Foundations of F#:

     Enums allow you to define a type made up of a finite set of identifiers, with each identifier mapping to an integer.

   • 2007, Teresa Hennig, Rob Cooper, Geoffrey L Griffith, Armen Stein, Access 2007 VBA Programmer's Reference:

     The Access object model contains many enums that you can use in your applications.

   • 2009, Richard F Raposa, SCJP: Sun Certified Programmer for Java Platform (Exam CX-310-065):

     A unique feature of enums is that when you switch on a variable of an enum type, you do not prefix the case statements […]

Anagrams

• MUNE, menu, neum

Portuguese

Noun

enum f (plural enums)

1. Abbreviation of enumeração.